Marked cup reversal presumably associated with scleral biomechanics in a case of adult glaucoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-141

  Kakutani, Yoko ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Nagai Kusuhara, Azusa ^a   Kanamori, Akiyasu ^a   Negi, Akira ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOKERATOREFRACTOMETER; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERA; TRABECULOTOMY; VITRECTOMY; BIOMECHANICS; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

BIOMECHANICS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK; SCLERA; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349110594     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.339     Document Type: Letter

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